International Experience for Students of Psychology

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) welcomes and supports student mobility. Psychology students can gain international experience as part of their study time through internships abroad. In the near future students will also have the opportunity to study for a semester abroad.

International Internships
Students of Psychology may complete an international internship. The internship abroad can be completed internationally as a FreeMover or in other EU countries also through the Erasmus+ program. To be eligible for Erasmus+ funding, the internship abroad must last at least 60 days. The internship can be completed at any institution where experienced psychologists work.

Internship location
Regardless of whether the internship abroad is completed as a FreeMover or as an Erasmus+ participant, it is the student's responsibility to organize an internship placement. For this purpose, KL recommends that students contact the internship site of their choice at least 6 months before the start of the internship.

Recognition of the internship abroad at KL
The internship abroad must meet the criteria of the Psychology program at KL. KL recommends that the content of the internship and the internship site itself are agreed in advance with the Psychology program director at KL for the purpose of receiving approval from the Psychology program director prior to the stay abroad.

Semester abroad
At the moment KL is in the process of establishing partnerships for a semester abroad. As soon as the opportunity to study abroad is available, more detailed information will be published here.

Information on applying for Erasmus+ funding for psychology
General conditions:

• KL primarily funds Erasmus+ mobilities within the EU
• The prerequisite for Erasmus+ funding is a minimum stay of 60 days

If you have been accepted for an internship and would like to apply for Erasmus+ funding, please proceed as described below.

Erasmus+ selection procedure and application process for nomination at KL:
Contact us directly via e-mail to internationalmobility@kl.ac.at, as soon as you have concrete intentions and have made first planning steps.
The ranking in the selection procedure is primarily based on the first come, first serve principle.

The following information and documents must be submitted for processing:

• Information on your current study progress (study programme NN, academic year X, semester XY)
• Information on the exact period and key dates of the planned stay abroad
• Letter of motivation referring to
  • the chosen internship placement (Why especially this country/this destination, why this organization or university?)
  • exact period of the planned stay abroad
  • You as a person (incl. description of professional interests, ...)
• Language certificate if the national language is different from your mother tongue (min. B2 level of the respective language of instruction)
• Written confirmation of your internship placement
• Contact details of the contact person at the internship location

Queries/Requests/Complaints regarding the Erasmus+ selection process at KL
If students or staff have questions regarding the Erasmus+ selection process or if someone feels unfairly treated, the following supervisory instances can be contacted with questions as well as in case of appeals or complaints:

• Departmental Head International Mobility
  Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dagmar Stoiber-Sakaguchi
  Dagmar.Stoiber@kl.ac.at
• Vice Rector for Education
  Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Wieser, MSc, MME
  vizerektorlehre@kl.ac.at